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What it says on the tin. Which Lego Elves character is your favorite? I was going to make this a poll but realized that between the human characters, elves, animals, goblins, etc., there were just too many options! Feel free to list as many as you like if you can't decide between more than one. As for me... my favorite is probably Azari Firedancer! Not only does is she stylish and attractive, she has really interesting characterization. She's hotheaded and impulsive as you might expect from a fire-aligned character, but she's also a bit of a slacker and also homeless, crashing with her other friends most of the time since she doesn't have a place of her own. She's also got a really great friendship with the main character, Emily Jones, which could potentially be interpreted romantically but even without that is still really sentimental and sweet. If I wanted to choose between the various animal characters, my favorite so far might be Dusti the Fox from the second year's story. I love Ragana as a villain, and the fact that her only "friends" are her cat and a slightly maniacal fox is amusing to no end. And just for the heck of it, my favorite Goblin is obviously Bieblin. How could it not be? His passion for music easily makes him the most adorable of the bunch.

LEGO has made a LOT of sets containing dragons, especially in recent years. Brickset counts around 70 sets containing dragons, more than half of which were released in just the past five years.
So out of curiosity, how many LEGO dragons do you have, and which ones are your favorites? Do you prefer molded dragons like the ones in LEGO Castle, or more brick-built ones like the ones from LEGO Ninjago and LEGO Elves?
I'm not sure how many dragons I have from 90s Castle sets, but my twin brother and I have about 25 dragons from the past decade: the Kardas Dragon from LEGO Bionicle, Dragon Bolt from LEGO Hero Factory, twelve dragons from LEGO Ninjago, and eleven dragons from LEGO Elves.
My overall favorites are Elandra the Queen Dragon from LEGO Elves and the Master Wu Dragon from LEGO Ninjago. I have a hard time choosing between them. Elandra is bigger and more lifelike, while Master Wu Dragon is more posable.
Generally I prefer brick-built dragons over molded ones. A decade ago I might've had a different answer, but today there are lots of great hinge and curved slope pieces for building lifelike, posable LEGO creatures.
Feel free to share your thoughts on LEGO dragons!

Is it bad that I think the ‪LEGO Elves are a lot cuter and more interesting as mini-dolls than they would ever have been as classic minifigs? It seems like for a lot of people, the classic minifigure is sacred and untouchable. I disagree. It has some real, meaningful disadvantages. Mini-dolls aren't perfect either, but there's nothing wrong with sometimes or always preferring its advantages (more realistic faces and proportions, less blocky body shape, more detailed outfits) over those of the minifigure. And it bugs me to no end to hear mini-dolls described as anorexic, because it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. To have minifigure-like body proportions, an average 20– to 29-year-old man in the United States (69.5 inches tall) would need an eighty-inch waistline, and an average adult woman in that age range (64 inches tall) would need a 73-inch waistline. Either way, that's twice the size of a waistline that would put you at high risk for obesity-related diseases. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist#Waist_measurement). By contrast, people those heights with mini-doll proportions would have healthy 34.5-inch (male) and 32-inch (female) waistlines. Arguably if the minifigure and mini-doll didn't both have such exaggeratedly large heads (probably the most exaggerated feature of both figures), then both figures' waists would be even larger relative to their heights. And yet you don't see anybody complaining that minifigures and mini-dolls alike promote an unhealthy or unrealistic head size...

We all know how much Lego likes slug-like mind control creatures.
That is to say, we all know how much I like slug-like mind control creatures.
(I drew this at 4:00 Am, so it may not be my cleanest work...)

Next March, LEGO is introducing a new girl-oriented theme called LEGO Elves! The teaser site has images of the main characters, a video, and a taste of the theme's otherworldly setting of Elvendale.
The characters, from left to right, are Aira Windwhistler, Farran Leafshade, Emily Jones, Naida Riverheart, and Azari Firedancer! The four elf characters represent the elements of Air, Earth, Water, and Fire, respectively!
Here's a story description translated from the German catalog (pages 46–47): "Join Emily Jones in her exciting journey through the magical world of Elvendale, beginning at a mysterious door in her grandmother's garden. Emily needs help to find the way back home. In order to open the gate to that separates her from her home, Emily must find four keys - but she can only manage this with the help of her elven friends. Learn all the details about LEGO Elves on LEGO.com/elves and download the app, to witness the adventure!"
I am so incredibly excited for this theme! It's got a lot of the same magic that drew me to themes like BIONICLE and Ninjago, but wrapped up in my teenage love of magical fantasy races from fairy tales and folklore! I've been saying for a while that what LEGO needed to follow up the success of LEGO Friends was a dedicated in-house fantasy theme for girls, and this one has so far surpassed my wildest expectations!
What do you think about this theme?

I keep hearing the Bionicle is a "niche" theme, meaning that it has a group of people (i.e. kids) who like it, and that group is big enough for Lego to keep producing it...but not enough to warrant large expenditures like TV shows. (As opposed to, say, Ninjago/Chima "the smash hits", or the "evergreen" themes) My question is where the "girly" marketed themes fall on this categorization. I lean toward Friends as a "evergreen" theme, and possibly Disney princess as "niche", but I'd like to hear what all of you think on the subject. Elves feels harder to pin down as it's brand new, but where do you think it will go?

LEGO Elves is one of the few brand new themes coming out in 2015, based off of the minidoll figures first seen in the LEGO Friends line. While ostensibly the sets are marketed at young girls, we all know that LEGO is LEGO and you can buy what you like. The teaser site suggests there will be some story and possibly a TV show, and the sets we've seen in the 2015 catalog have a distinct fantasy feel with lots of new and recolored pieces.
Are you interested in this theme? What aspects are you most excited about? Or are there things you're not really a big fan of that turn you off to it?
Share your thoughts and let us know!

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. What is your favorite cereal?Mine would have to be Cocoa Krispies, I can't live without it. After that, Honey Nut Cheerios. I was opting to do the Cough Drop topic again, but I decided not to.